Liverpool dealt a significant blow to Manchester United’s chances of joining the title race, inflicting a historic and humiliating 7-0 thrashing at Anfield.
Mohamed Salah became Liverpool’s record Premier League goalscorer, with Darwin Nunez and Cody Gakpo also netting twice, and Roberto Firmino applying the finishing touches with the seventh.
In the first race of the 2023 Formula One season, defending world champion Max Verstappen picked up where he left off with a comfortable victory to take the chequered flag at the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix.
Arsenal came from behind to end an almost four-year wait for a trophy with a 3-1 win over London rivals Chelsea to lift the Continental Cup.
Here, the PA news agency looks at some of the best images from the weekend’s sporting action.
Salah scored two goals in Liverpool’s demolition of Manchester United at Anfield (Peter Byrne/PA)
Fernando Alonso finished third at the age of 41 in Bahrain, with Max Verstappen winning and team-mate Sergio Perez second (Ariel Schalit/AP)
Great Britain’s Keely Hodgkinson defended her European Indoor Championships 800m title in style as she ran away from the field to take gold (Francisco Seco/AP)
Kylian Mbappe became Paris St Germain’s all-time leading scorer with his 201st goal in Saturday’s 4-2 Ligue 1 victory over Nantes (Franck Fife/Pool Photo/AP)
Brennan Johnson’s double helped Nottingham Forest twice come from behind to earn a vital point in a 2-2 draw against Everton (Tim Goode/PA)
In Scotland, Rangers showed both the good and bad sides of their personality during their 3-1 win over struggling Kilmarnock (Steve Welsh/PA)
Sale Sharks cut the gap at the top of the Gallagher Premiership table to six points by beating Saracens 35-24 (Nigel French/PA)
